Blower for knitting-machines.



C. A. BAZINO.

BLOWER FOR KNITTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18. 1914.

latented May 25, 1915.

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BLOWER FOR KNITTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18. 1914.

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BLOWER FOR KNITTING-MACHINES.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1915.

Application filed April 18, 1914. Serial No. 832,909.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHAnLns A. BAziNo, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Bennington, in the county of Bennington and State of Vermont, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Blowers for Knitting-Iliaohines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in textile machinery and more particularly to an attachment for a knitting machine to prevent the stopping of the machine due to the gathering of lint or fine partlcles of yarn in the various parts of the machine.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of a blower attachment for knitting machines which has egressing openings adjacent the quarter-saver of a knitting machine to prevent the lint or fine particles of yarn from clogging or obstructing the efficient operation of the quarter-saver.

With the foregoing and other objects in view this invention consists in such novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a fragment of a knitting machine showing the improved blower and connections attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view through the egressing portion of the pipe which is disposed about the quarter-saver of the knitting machine.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, l designates a fragment of a knitting machine, of any ordinary type of construction now employed for the purpose of knitting various articles, and which has a quartor-saver 2 attached thereto. The quartersaver 2 is of the usual type of construction employed in connection with knitting machines and it has a plurality of upstanding pins 3, which pins form a part of the mechanism for automatically stopping the feeding of the yarn when the same becomes broken, and these pins oftentimes become clogged with lint or fine particles of yarn rendering the operation of the quarter-saver imperfect. To prevent the clogging of the quarter-saver by lint a pipe & is mounted circumferentially about the outer edge of the quarter-save and the pipe 4 is provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings 5, which openings are provided for permitting the egress of air from the pipe 4:

' and properly guiding it to blow lint or fine particles of yarn from the quarter-saver.

The pipe l is connected through the me dium of pipes 6 to the outlet of a fan or blower 7 which fan or blower is disposed at any convenient location within the knitting mill and which is operated by a belt 8 passing over the pulleys 9 and 10. The pulley 10 is rotated by the rotation of a line shaft 11, which shaft is in turn rotated by any suitable prime mover (not shown). A valve 12 is interposed in the series of pipings 6 and it controls the flow of air through the pipes 6 and 4.

In the installation of the device hereinbefore described, the pipes 6 may be positioned beneath the floor of the knitting mill and connected to any desirable number of circular pipes 4, which pipes may be disposed about the quarter-savers of the various knitting machines, and when the machinery is set in.motion, the rotation of a line shaft 11 will rotate the pulley 10 and consequently the fan or blower 7, forcing a volume of air through the pipe 6 and out through the circnmferentially spaced openings 5 which are formed on the inner sides of the pipes 4 on to the quarter-savers as heretofore described.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation of the improved blower attachment will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains and, while in the foregoing description, the principle of the operation of this invention has been described together with'various features of construction, it is to be understood that certain minor features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be altered to suit practical conditions provided such alterations are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

What is claimed is 1. In combination with the presser wheel of a quarter-saver, of a blower and a nozzle connected to the blower to direct air from to direct air from the blower on to the pins to the blower on said resser wheel preventing prevent the accumulation of lint thereon. 10

the accumulation o lint thereon. I In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 2. In combination with the presser wheel in presence of two witnesses. 5 of a quarter-saver having a plurality of pins, CHARLES A. BAZINO.

of a blower, and a circular pipe surrounding Witnesses: the pins and having communication with the JOHN J. WALSH, blower, said pipe having openings adapted FRANKLIN Sco'rr. 

